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WORLD IS MINE sung by HATSUNE MIKU written by NERU

A CRINA_SWEET COVER by ATSUKOLOID

OFF VOCALS by PROJECT DIVA and ON VOCALS by NERU

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TUTORIALOID 「how to make song covers」

in my last tutorial, i went over how to install the utau program and how to import voicebanks. now, we’ll review a new term, .ust!

a .ust is the file extension of your utau songs.

now, let’s get to makin’ some song covers!

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

- on vocal & off vocal of any song.

- .ust of your song.

- voicebank of your choosing.

- a mixer program (fl studio, audacity, etc.).

the first thing you need to do is google “[song name].ust” and find a youtube video (or a website/blog) with a link to download the .ust. once you have that downloaded, open up the utau program.

click “open” and then the .ust file of your choosing. change the voicebank to the one you downloaded.

you may have to do some minor editing, but don’t worry about that for now.

if you’re using windows, export the file as .wav, if you’re using mac render the file, it automatically sets the format to .wav.

now, open up your mixer program (i use audacity) and import your base vocals. if you downloaded a .ust and you see multiple files (HARM, MAIN, etc.) just set all of those to the right voicebanks and import those into the program as well.

main is the main vocals, so make sure they’re loud.

harm is the harmony, so make it a bit quieter.

now, import your off vocal song. you may have to lower the volume.

you will have to align everything properly, so use your on vocal to hear where the lyrics are supposed to go. make sure the sound lines up.

boom! you’re done. save it as a .mp3 or .wav, whatever one works best for you. now after that, feel free to upload it anywhere with proper crediting! :)

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TUTORIALOID 「how to install UTAU & SYNTH」

some enjoy vocaloid, however, it can get pretty costly, you have to buy the program, the voice banks, etc. and that’s annoying! the music is certainly nice, but wouldn’t it be great if you could make your own?

you can!

as you may or may not know, there is a program called utauloid (utau means sing in japanese!), and it’s a free alternative to vocaloid! unless you want to support the amazing creators, which is optional of course, however i recommend it! :)

this program works on both windows and mac computers. in this tutorial, i’ll explain common terminology, how to download voicebanks, etc.

FOR WINDOWS

first, you must go to http://utau2008.web.fc2.com/ which is where you’ll find the downloads page.

click “ダウンロード (daranro-do//download)” located at the top, and then click the most recent version. as a mac user, i do not know much about windows installations so if you have further inquiries, message me and i’ll sort you out.

FOR MAC

visit http://utaforum.net/threads/new-utau-synth-translation-project.11202/ in order to download utau synth, the mac version of utau. find the installation link and download the .dmg file. drag the icon to the application folder.

now that the base program has been installed, you’ll notice an error when you try to open the program. it will require a license key. this will expire every 30 days and you will have to renew it. this can be tedious. however, there is a solution.

if you are worried about a corrupted installation, visit http://utau-synth.com/download.html# to receive the license key (click 30日試用ライセンス to be directed to the monthly key).

if you’re ok with manually replacing the utau synth files, go to https://dantedesigns.net/nib.html and follow the instructions to rid of the 30 day license key.

VOICEBANKS

what are voicebanks and what do they do?

voicebanks are the folders that contain japanese syllables that allow for the sound to be played. there are a lot of complications that can happen during voicebank installation so i’ll address all of them later.

for this tutorial we will install kasane teto http://kasaneteto.jp/teto/voice.html which is like the hatsune miku of utauloid. click on the second link. it should say “TANDOKU”. i’ll explain what that is.

tandoku (often called CV) is one of the three kinds of voicebanks. there being CV VCV CVVC. C stands for consonant, and V stands for vowel. CV is easiest for beginners and you should stick with it!

next, we’re going to import the voicebank. this is where the problems come in. make sure your locale/region is set to japan. if not, there may be weird characters in place of the japanese ones. this is known in the utau community as mojibake (meaning gibberish in japanese). this problem rarely happens with mac computers, but when it does, it’s pretty easy to fix, depending on the situation. i fixed this problem by changing what unarchiver i used. some archivers unarchive .zip files differently and may misinterpret japanese characters. the b1archiver https://b1.org/ worked perfectly for me and works with windows as well.

now that you’ve installed and unarchived it, we have to import it!

to begin, create a folder called “voicebanks” and put your voicebanks in there. now, open up your utau program and click “select”. locate your “voicebanks” folder and select the unarchived file. now you’re ready to lay some notes down! my next tutorial will be all about how to create music in utau!